Tritia neritea
Tritia neritea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
List of synonyms
Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758 Cyclonassa carinata Coen, 1933Cyclonassa diluta Coen, 1937Cyclonassa fasciata Coen, 1933Cyclonassa kamischiensis Cyclonassa kamischiensis var. atra Milaschewitsch, 1916Cyclonassa kamischiensis var. exigua Milaschewitsch, 1916Cyclonassa neritea Cyclonassa neritea var. callosa Pallary, 1912Cyclonassa neritea var. compacta Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. depressa Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. elongata Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. globulosa Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. inflata Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis Pallary, 1919 Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis communis Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis discoidea Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis gibba Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis lactescens Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. minuta Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. mucronata Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa neritea var. platystoma Pallary, 1919Cyclonassa vayssierei Pallary, 1903Cyclonassa vernicata Coen, 1933Cyclope neritea Cyclope neritoidea Risso, 1826 Cyclope tarentina Parenzan, 1970Cyclope westerlundi Brusina, 1900Cyclops asterizans de Montfort, 1810Cyclops kamiesch Chenu, 1859Nana neritea Nanina unifasciata Risso, 1826Nassa inflata Locard & Caziot, 1900Nassa italica Issel, 1870Nassa minor Weinkauff, 1868Nassa neritea Nassa neritea var. albida Requien, 1848Nassa neritea var. lutescens Requien, 1848Nassa neritea var. major Requien, 1848Nassa neritea var. media Requien, 1848Nassa neritea var. minima Requien, 1848Nassa neritoides Lamarck, 1816Nassa unifasciata Paolucci, 1871Neritula nana Locard, 1887Neritula nana var. mucronata Locard, 1887- ''Tritia westerlundi''
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 25 mm.The hemispherical shell is smooth, depressed, convex above and flattened beneath. The blunt spire is formed of four indistinct whorls, entirely smooth. The aperture is ovate, reddish, rather small and obliquely emarginated. The outer lip is smooth and slightly margined. The columella is arcuated towards the middle, furnished with a wide, reddish, and almost circular callosity, which extends upon the body of the body whorl. The coloring is slightly variable, it is generally of a yellowish or reddish white, with brown lines, and two decurrent, interrupted, or articulated bands, one of which surrounds the suture, and the other only borders the circumference. The epidermis is thick and brown.